HOLYOKE -- A 32-year-old homeless man arrested last year for breaking into officers' personal vehicles outside police headquarters was taken into custody again Saturday after a citizen witnessed him breaking into cars in the Dwight Street parking garage.

Officers responded to the garage, located across Dwight Street from City Hall and Heritage State Park, around 11 a.m. for a report of a man breaking into two vehicles. Department spokesman Lt. Matthew Moriarty said the caller offered a description of the suspect's clothing and information about his direction of travel after he left the garage.

Sgt. David O'Connell and Officer Manuel Rivera found the suspect, Heriberto Mora, on Front Street. Mora attempted to flee, Moriarty said, and fought with officers when they caught up with him after a foot chase. The officers were not injured.

"The Holyoke Police Department would like to thank several citizens for their aid in the capturing of Mora," Moriarty wrote in a press release. In a follow-up phone call, Moriarty said the caller who reported the incident offered critical details about the suspect's appearance and location, and that several residents helped the officers track the suspect during the foot chase.

Mora is charged with a felony count of breaking and entering (motor vehicle); possession of a burglarious tool; larceny over $250; resisting arrest; disorderly conduct; and receiving stolen property. Mora also had four outstanding warrants.

Police records show that Mora has an extensive history of larceny-related arrests in the city, including an arrest on shoplifting and drug charges in October, 2012, another arrest on shoplifting charges in December, 2011, and an arrest for breaking into a vehicle on High Street in February, 2012.